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US, EU to Discuss Aviation Threats

by Reuters

   BRUSSELS --

   U.S. and European Union officials will meet next week in Washington,
   D.C., to further discuss risks to air travel and solutions for
   protecting passengers, the European Commission said on Wednesday after
   the two sides met in Brussels.

   "At the meeting, both sides exchanged information on the serious
   evolving threats to aviation security and approaches to confronting
   such threats," the EU executive and the U.S. Department of Homeland
   Security said in a joint statement.